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Definition of Atmospheric electricity
1. Noun. Electrical discharges in the atmosphere.
Specialized synonyms: Elves, Blue Jet, Jet, Reverse Lightning, Lightning, Red Sprites, Sprites
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atmospheric Electricity
Literary usage of Atmospheric electricity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"atmospheric electricity. AT the present time there is no satisfactory theory of
the source of atmospheric electricity. Many believe, in the absence of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"As a result considerable improvement has been made in the work in atmospheric
electricity aboard the Carnegie, especially on her present cruise. ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"In order to bring the facts of atmospheric electricity together for comment, a
brief recapitulation of certain results will be given. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"In order that we should be able to judge of the sufficiency or otherwise of the
various theories of atmospheric electricity, a knowledge of the magnitude of ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"He also explained a new collecting apparatus for atmospheric electricity, consisting
of an insulated vessel of water, discharging its contents in a fine ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"ON atmospheric electricity. An Address delivered at the Meeting of the Royal ...
It seems that no true knowledge existed of atmospheric electricity till the ..."
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